Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Some people start bands because they want to become rich and famous. But Bon Iver doesn’t seem to be one of them. He prefers a quiet life at home with his family to being on the road all the time or living the high life in a big city like New York or Los Angeles. Even though he was recently nominated for four Grammys, he says he doesn’t care about awards. He just cares about making music. Hear Jason and Marni talk about this humble musician who’s been getting lots of attention.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Marni: Jason, I am really into…do you call him Bon Iver or Bon Iver?
Jason: Either way, it’s the surprise of the Grammy nominations.
Marni: Absolutely.
Jason: Four of them.
Marni: Yeah, I think that’s really awesome. Regardless of how you pronounce his name, I think he’s really awesome, and I’m really excited for him.
Jason: Yeah, I think it’s cool too that he…After his Grammy nominations came out, there was this quote released that I guess the New York Times had been sitting on, that he said that the Grammys are’t very important and had this whole rant about how he thought they were pointless. And now he’s tweeting about how he stands by that still.
Marni: Well, we’ll have to see. That’s kind of interesting, because I don’t know how I feel about the Grammys, but I just recently watched the Pearl Jam documentary where they, for their Grammy acceptance speech, say, “This is pointless,” and, “This is meaningless.” So there’s sort of that tradition of artists who really view themselves as artists. When they get an award for their art, it’s sort of like…I don’t know, to them it seems meaningless.
Jason: Yeah, I mean, he seems really interested in being who he is. Like he goes home, I guess, to Wisconsin all the time. He never wants to be on the road for a really long time, which I really respect.
Marni: I do too, and I can relate to that feeling. I’m also from the Midwest originally, so there’s something very comforting about being in that part of the country, and especially when you tour a lot and you’re on the road.
Jason: Yeah, and he just says, “The music industry says, ‘You have to do it this way,’ but I’m just not not going to. I’m going to go home to Wisconsin and hang out with my family.”
Marni: You gotta respect that in an artist.
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Discussion
Marni is a fan of the musician Bon Iver. She is excited that he was nominated for four Grammy awards.
But Bon Iver said that he doesn’t care about the Grammys. He thinks the awards are pointless. Marni says that he isn’t the only artist who have said they don’t care about winning awards. They only care about their art.
Jason says that Bon Iver doesn’t like to be on the road a lot. He prefers to spend time with his family. Jason respects Bon Iver for doing things the way he wants to, and not the way the music industry thinks he ought to.
Do you like to spend time at home with your family?
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